Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: the work of a photographer facing trial in Uzbekistan
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:49:19 -0500

This is old news. She was convicted a few weeks ago, then immediately
pardoned by the government...probably because of international pressure.


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On 2/21/10 8:38 PM, "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote:

> Human Rights Watch has been tracking the case of a young female Uzbek
> photographer who has made authorities angry because her pictures capture
> aspects of life they find embarassing and politically charged. The
> photographs themselves -- a dozen of them on the HRW web site -- are very
> good, very Leica-M8-looking to my eye; plus I thought luggers in general
> would want to be aware of the political consequences in some parts of the
> world that come from  photographing, for instance, a weeping bride 
> embracing
> her father.
> 
> Check out the site and the photos here:
> http://www.hrw.org/en/features/umida-ahmedova-photographer-facing-trial
> 
> Many thanks for taking a look.
> 
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